Film Commission Torino Piemonte

Adele is twelve years old, plays the piano in the school orchestra and waits in despair for the arrival of her menarche. All her classmates have already had it and spend entire recreations talking about it, locked in a group circle that Adele can only watch from afar, with admiration and envy. When the umpteenth attempt to evoke the flow of blood with witchcraft rituals fails, Adele decides to lie. In order to feel part of the group, she tells her classmates that she, too, has become a young lady and, to prove it, goes rummaging through the girls' bathroom baskets until she retrieves a dirty tampon. When she brings the trophy to class, however, the reaction to her gesture is not what she had hoped for. Humiliated and even more isolated, Adele now fears the judgement of the entire school, and the walk of shame is not long in coming because orchestra rehearsals are taking place. As she heads down to the piano, Adele feels everyone's eyes on her and, indeed, someone is staring at her. It is a small group of kids who immediately approach her and, unexpectedly, ask her if she would like to join their band. Adele smiles and, for a moment, forgets about her period.